Prayers and Meditations — §544
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 544 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المَحْبُوبُ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيُّ الأَبْهی.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art the one alone Beloved in both this world and in the next. No God is there but Thee, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “pleaseth”, “thou”, “do” (75 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy WillgleaningsGWB §468: circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: noneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: whatsoever
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Best-Beloved of the nationsfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §31: longkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: Him Who is the Best-Belovedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: loved
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §116: can have no endkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: elsewhereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §295: to lastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the life to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
SE expanded to “both this world and in”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familyfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §729: interpretethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: earliestthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: fittinggleaningsGWB §116: no beginning
SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the crownfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §385: most exalted seatskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: immeasurably exalted abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §208: its splendorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: most effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: (bloodmoney)gleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
